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Woman mocked for only having daughters gives birth to four boys

Alice Khalisia (left) at Kakamega County General Hospital. [Benard Lusigi, Standard]

Alice Khalisia confesses that she has not been at ease bringing up three girls with a husband by her side.

Raising a family, she says, is hard enough without the side-glances of disapproval from relatives who believe you have not been giving birth to babies of the right sex.

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